Re: First time Parnate -- common side effects? » SLS

Thanks for that suggestion. I tried it yesterday and it definitely helped. Where you'd learn that trick?

Not sure if you read my last post to you above, I was just curious whether your combo is working? Are you on remission?

One last question, maybe you know about this too: Do you know if Parnate can be taken at night? I will see my doctor next week and ask him, but in the meantime I was just curious if other people take it at different times.

Thanks again.

> The upper leg muscles are the largest of the body. When they begin to contract rhythmically - as in climbing stairs - they aid the heart in moving blood around. Hemodynamics change during the period of leg contractions and allow the heart to contract less forcefully. When you stop these rhythmic contractions abruptly, the heart cannot handle the increased load instantaneously, so their is a brief period where blood pressure is left being too low. In emergencies, when I don't have a place to sit, I stand and perform an isometric contraction of my thigh and hip (gluteal) muscles and hold it for a few seconds. It works just enough for me not to pass out.> > Hopefully, you won't have to worry about such severe bouts of hypotension as your body accomodates to the Parnate.> > > - Scott